La Honda’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of La Honda. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLa Honda (Spanish for "The Sling") is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Mateo County, California, United States. The population was 979 at the 2020 census. It is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains between the Santa Clara Valley and California's Pacific coast. La Honda is near the La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve and State Route 84 on the ocean side of the Coastal Range. The ZIP Code for La Honda is 94020 and the area code is 650. Land-line numbers in the La Honda telephone exchange follow the pattern 747-xxxx while wired telephones in and around the Middleton Tract (along Portola State Park Road) work out of the Los Altos exchange with 94x-xxxx numbers. Per the U.S. Geologi…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 928 to 979 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1946.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of La Honda yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start La Honda’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how La Honda’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLa Honda Creek Headwaters 1856, 1856: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to La Honda
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Nothing in La Honda is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean La Honda has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Portola Valley School in Portola Valley, 4.7 miles away.
La Honda and the nearest listed places
Closest to La Honda
Portola Valley SchoolPortola Valley · Mission Revival4.7mi
Our Lady of the WaysidePortola Valley · California Mission · Built 19124.8mi
Casa de TabletaPortola Valley · Building5.7mi
Folger Estate Stable Historic DistrictWoodside · French Renaissance · Built 19066.3mi
San Gregorio HousePescadero · Building7.1miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as La Honda Creek Headwaters 1856 (1856) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.